A Replacement Bride

Chapter 35

Chapter 35

Beatrice picked at her clean fingertips, which was now pale. With her head lowered, she stared at the string of digits on her phone screen until it went blank, but her calls were not answered.

As her anxiety persisted, she bit her bottom lip until the shape of her beautiful lips changed while her cold pale face appeared frail.

This is the first time Joaquin missed my call.

Is it because of the woman Ian mentioned?

Who exactly is she?

For the first time in her life, she was panicking as she felt things were going out of control.

Why did something like this happen now after five years?

Feeling irritated, she decided it was time to ring him again.

This time, the call was answered quickly. The man's low and cold voice came through the phone, which had been softened significantly by the audio transmission. Beatrice's heart raced a little as she heard the indescribable bass and gentleness in his voice.

"Why didn't you answer my call earlier?" she muttered, feeling wronged and dissatisfied.

Joaquin glanced at the sleeping Katherine, whose cold expression softened under the dim light. Instead of appearing as icy as she had been in the past, her face appeared more tender.

Hearing Beatrice's complaint, he pursed his lips and gently replied, "I was busy. What happened? Who made you upset, hm?"

Beatrice's heart calmed a little when she heard his familiar tone and the unease she harbored was gone.

"I get nervous when I can't reach you. Joaquin, let's…"

At that moment, she was dying to ask him when he was going to marry her.

years, but he still had no plans to marry her. She could not figure out what he

time. I'll marry you when the

her five years ago, he

his mother told him on her deathbed was still

be like his father, who was an

I'm a nobody.

moment, Beatrice's voice was filled with worry and

in disbelief for a long time before slowly exhaling. "There will

his

difficult. When other people ask why, I can't even answer them." Beatrice smiled, gripping her phone and acting

"I'm busy these

who was sleeping on the chair earlier, was already

Miss Cornell has a habit of eavesdropping, huh?" Joaquin asked, raising his

Katherine smirked as she arched her

one who answered the phone and spoke openly in front of her! As a matter of fact, she was forced to listen to his mushy chatter on the

fiancé. I wasn't even interested in listening to what you had to say. Plus,

Joaquin snickered as he observed Katherine's delicate side

because of how pale her face was. Currently, her brows were furrowed, which

yawned. "Drop me at

exhausting operation on a patient,

was woken up from her nap. As a result,

saying those words. Seeing

there were many road curves. As such, he drove slowly

simply needs to rest well for a few weeks! Who exactly is that woman, Captain? How could she be so talented? You should ask her if she wants to work with us. She's more skilled than Greg, and possibly even

out the patient had woken up, there was a one-eighty

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